And this....
http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/individual/2004/02/finnish_speeding_tickets.html
Roger Key
>From: "Roger Key" <rogerdkey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Speeding fines, as far OT as possible
>Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:12:16 +0200
>
>
>If you think that your fines are a bit high, try reading this:
>
>http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/4813.html
>
>Roger Key, Copenhagen
>
> >From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Cell phones/Italy, as far OT as possible
> >Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:09:12 +0100
> >
> >
> >As a Brit living a few km from Leuven I can't decide which is worse. At
> >least Belgium doesn't have points on the licence yet so it's just the
> >150-odd euros that hurt when you find that envelope in the mailbox (for
> >doing 10-20km/h above the limit - it's gets progressively more
>expensive).
> >
> >Aside: when I asked MS Money to propose a budget for me this year, it
>took
> >all the signioficant costs from last year and allocated them across the
> >next 12 months. There was a regular scheduled transaction "Speeding
> >Tickets"...
> >
> >br
> >Jez
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Leyssens" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Cell phones/Italy, as far OT as possible
> >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:42:35 +0200
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Just be grateful you don't live in the UK. Thanks to our
> > > > revenue-obsessed government, this little island harbours 70% of the
> > > > world's speed cameras. And as a result deaths on the roads are
> > > > increasing.
> > >
> > > I'll give you a story of Leuven, the city where I live, which should
> > > provide all French list members with yet another true joke about
> >Belgians.
> > >
> > > The first idea was to get most traffic out of the city centre, onto
>the
> > > ring road around it. Lots of streets were converted to one way or
> > > pedestrian only, pedestrian right of way and speed limits were
>severely
> > > enforced. The city is quite small, so just heading for the ring road
> > > and driving half a tour isn't too much of a hassle.
> > >
> > > Obviously, a couple of years later, people were complaining about
> > > speeding on the ring road. So, a battery of speed cameras were
> > > installed. Result ? Everybody's back in the city with their cars !
> > >
> > > I wish they would just make up their mind. Like that one-way street
> > > they just switched to be in the other direction. Then, the parallel
> > > street had to be redone, so now the one-way street is reverted again.
> > > Reminds me of that story I once read in French of a roundabout with
>only
> > > one way streets leading towards it. ("But, but ! If I get sick ?" --
> > > "You see ? There's the ambulance driving around. And if it gets
>worse,
> > > there's the funeral services too !")
> > >
> > >
> > > Peter.
> > >
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